[Miata] steering rack bushing replacement Qs

[pete.delmastro at charter.net]

Hi Keith,

I'm sure that Mazda had good reasons to change the steering rack mounting
when they went from NA to NB.

However, does installing poly bushings on an NA rack make it better or more
"NB"-like in some good way?

  -- Pete

Original Message:
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From: Keith Tanner keith at miata.net
Date: 	Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:08:29 -0600
To: miata at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [Miata] steering rack bushing replacement Qs


Mazda felt the steering rack mounting on the NA could be improved,
that's why they changed it for the NB.

On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 8:45 AM,  <pethier at comcast.net> wrote:
> From: "pete.delmastro at charter.net" <pete.delmastro at charter.net>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm considering replacing the OEM steering rack bushings on my car (a '94
>> w/PS) with aftermarket polyurethane bushings.
>
> You find the steering on stock Miatae to be unacceptably imprecise?
>
> I wouldn't change mine.  It would kick me out of my autocross class and I
don't think the car has a problem in the steering area.  If I thought the
bushings had perished, I'd replace them with new stock ones.  If my car was
already wildly modified and the bushings had perished, I would consider
harder bushings as long as I had to do the job anyway, but I wouldn't do
the change just to do it.
>
> My car is also a a '94 w/PS.
>
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